F1Part 7ADebt relief orders
Applications for a debt relief order
251BMaking of application
1
An application for a debt relief order must be made to the official receiver through an approved intermediary.
2
The application must include—
a
a list of the debts to which the debtor is subject at the date of the application, specifying the amount of each debt (including any interest, penalty or other sum that has become payable in relation to that debt on or before that date) and the creditor to whom it is owed;
b
details of any security held in respect of any of those debts; and
c
such other information about the debtor's affairs (including his creditors, debts and liabilities and his income and assets) as may be prescribed.
3
The rules may make further provision as to—
a
the form of an application for a debt relief order;
b
the manner in which an application is to be made; and
c
information and documents to be supplied in support of an application.
4
For the purposes of this Part an application is not to be regarded as having been made until—
a
the application has been submitted to the official receiver; and
b
any fee required in connection with the application by an order under section 415 has been paid to such person as the order may specify.
Pt. 7A inserted (24.2.2009 for certain purposes otherwise 6.4.2009) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 108(1), 148(5), Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/382, art. 2